Five key benefits of burning wood are the chance of carbon monoxide build-up in your home is eliminated, the chance of a gas explosion from your furnace in your home is eliminated, Indoor pollutants of harmful gases and fumes are eliminated, eliminates the chance of chimney and flu fires from your furnace, and lowers your utility bills (Wood is very cheap or in many cases free)(1). Wood is a renewable source. There is always going to be wood around where you live. Wood is sometimes free and does not cost as much as all the other fuels that people use to heat their homes. Many people save $30-60 a month just from the water heater installed in the wood burners. With the water heater in the wood burner you can set the heat of your water to whatever temperature you want and it will stay there. This is the same with the heat of the house. Compared to a house stove an outdoor wood burning stove uses 25 to 50% less wood, and depending on the burner you can put as big as a piece as you can handle in the stove. This lets you get wood at a cheaper price if you have to buy it. I sell my wood for $85 for a cord of bigger pieces and for smaller pieces I sell for $125. Including lowering the heat bill it also lowers the cleaning supplies bill as well. That’s right instead of having to carry wood in your house all winter you can leave the mess outside. You don’t have to worry about having soot all over walls or the nasty smoky smell you get from an indoor wood burner. The house will be less drafty and the air quality will sky rocket.
Heating Method
BTU’s Per Unit
Annual Requirements
Cost Per Unit
Total Annual Cost
Electricity
3,413 /kilowatt hr
58,600
$0.08
$4,688
Propane
24,200 /litre
8,264
$0.89
$7,380
Fuel Oil
36,300 /litre
5,509
$0.54
$2,947
Natural Gas
35,301 /cubic metre
5,665
$0.21
$1,207
Wood (Birch)
23,400,000 /cord
8.5
$75.00
$638
(2)As seen on this chart there is a huge difference in the price of wood for heating your home than all the other options. In conclusion I believe that wood burning being the most cost efficient and the safest source for heating your house.
Five key benefits of burning wood are the chance of carbon monoxide build-up in your home is eliminated, the chance of a gas explosion from your furnace in your home is eliminated, Indoor pollutants of harmful gases and fumes are eliminated, eliminates the chance of chimney and flu fires from your furnace, and lowers your utility bills (Wood is very cheap or in many cases free)(1).
Wood is a renewable source. There is always going to be wood around where you live. Wood is sometimes free and does not cost as much as all the other fuels that people use to heat their homes. Many people save $30-60 a month just from the water heater installed in the wood burners. With the water heater in the wood burner you can set the heat of your water to whatever temperature you want and it will stay there. This is the same with the heat of the house.
Compared to a house stove an outdoor wood burning stove uses 25 to 50% less wood, and depending on the burner you can put as big as a piece as you can handle in the stove. This lets you get wood at a cheaper price if you have to buy it. I sell my wood for $85 for a cord of bigger pieces and for smaller pieces I sell for $125.
Including lowering the heat bill it also lowers the cleaning supplies bill as well. That’s right instead of having to carry wood in your house all winter you can leave the mess outside. You don’t have to worry about having soot all over walls or the nasty smoky smell you get from an indoor wood burner. The house will be less drafty and the air quality will sky rocket.
(2)As seen on this chart there is a huge difference in the price of wood for heating your home than all the other options.
In conclusion I believe that wood burning being the most cost efficient and the safest source for heating your house.
1. http://www.nextlevelsolutionz.com/benefits-of-outdoor-wood-burning-furnace.htm
2. http://hubpages.com/hub/Top-5-Benefits-Installing-a-Woodburning-Stove
3. http://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/articles/wood_feel_good
4. http://www.homesafe.com/blog/2009/01/19/burning-firewood-more-efficiently/
5. http://www.increa.com/homeheat/index.htm